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Makin' Groceries in New Orleans
"Along the levee, as
far as the eye could reach to the West and to the market house to the East were ranged two rows of market people, some having stalls or tables with a tilt or awning of canvass, or a parcel of Palmetto leaves. The articles to be sold were not more various than the sellers … I cannot suppose that my eye took in less than
500 sellers and buyers, all of whom appeared to strain their
voices, to exceed each other in loudness… -Benjamin H. Latrobe’s First Impression
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Unless otherwise noted, the photographs on this website are from the Louisiana Digital Library.
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